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Tue, 03 Mar 2015 13:15:57 -0600Joomla! - Open Source Content Managementen-gbLosing My Touch by Alice & Björnhttp://jazzreview.com/free-jazz-mp3-downloads/alice-bjorn-losing-my-touch.html
http://jazzreview.com/free-jazz-mp3-downloads/alice-bjorn-losing-my-touch.htmlA laid-back number from Alice & Björn's debut CD "Swinging With The Boys", released on December 1st, 2012. This song features the seductive voice of Alice over a laid jazz/blues beat with lead guitar work from Mauro Clerici.

A laid-back number from Alice & Björn's debut CD "Swinging With The Boys", released on December 1st, 2012. This song features the seductive voice of Alice over a laid jazz/blues beat with lead guitar work from Mauro Clerici.

]]>morrice.blackwell@gmail.com (Alice and Björn)Free Jazz MP3 DownloadsFri, 03 Feb 2012 05:02:59 -0600Jazz & Blues Florida February 2012 Online Edition Postedhttp://jazzreview.com/jazz-news/press-releases/jazz-blues-florida-february-2012-online-edition-posted.html
http://jazzreview.com/jazz-news/press-releases/jazz-blues-florida-february-2012-online-edition-posted.htmlThe new edition of Jazz & Blues Florida, Florida's free online source for information on live jazz and blues in clubs, concerts and festivals, is now available. Readers throughoutFloridaand visitors coming from around the world consult this site for information on the vibrant scene to be found throughout the sate.

The new edition of Jazz & Blues Florida, Florida's free online source for information on live jazz and blues in clubs, concerts and festivals, is now available. Readers throughoutFloridaand visitors coming from around the world consult this site for information on the vibrant scene to be found throughout the sate.

The February 2012 online edition of JAZZ & BLUES FLORIDA has been posted at www.JazzBluesFlorida.com. The feature articles are all previews of upcoming performances throughout Florida by selected jazz and blues artists. We would rather tell you about what you might want to see than tell you about what you missed.

The website provides hundreds of current listings for clubs, concerts and festivals throughout the state along with photos from shows, video showcases, news about new Florida CD releases, current news blog postings, personal recommendations and suggestions, and links to important resources including jazz and blues associations, radio and web programming, and educational resources.

Pete Herzog's Steel Guitar, A Blues Opera, tells the story of one guitar as it passes through different hands over its lifetime. It's purchased, stolen, won in a card game, and handed down through generations. "I have often thought about vintage instruments I have played and wondered at their history and felt all those who had played had colored their sound," Herzog explains. That curiosity about whose hands have graced a guitar and where it has traveled sparked the idea for the new album.

Pete Herzog's Steel Guitar, A Blues Opera, tells the story of one guitar as it passes through different hands over its lifetime.

It's purchased, stolen, won in a card game, and handed down through generations.

"I have often thought about vintage instruments I have played and wondered at their history and felt all those who had played had colored their sound," Herzog explains. That curiosity about whose hands have graced a guitar and where it has traveled sparked the idea for the new album.

Steel Guitar, A Blues Opera, features 22 original songs. The music, a combination of acoustic blues and folk, is only part of the album. In between songs, Herzog narrates the story of the gamblers and lovers who are linked by the guitar.

The backroad characters include Too Slim, who starts off the tale by having the guitar stolen, and Clyde, who loves but loses a gal named Stella. Herzog's affection for them and the others who populate his blues opera shine through.

His own bio is just as colorful, reading that he started playing lap steel at age 8 and worked on the railroad, where he learned call-and-response songs while driving spikes into wood ties.

The album showcases Herzog's picking style and smooth, lived-in voice. His relaxed, autumnal way of spinning a story recalls Greg Brown, maybe Utah Phillips, but with less folk and more blues.

The two-disc album would be good to take on a long road trip when you have time to listen and digest the entire piece. Herzog would be fine company.

On the other hand, more casual listeners may be put off by the narrative storytelling breaks that come quickly and often between songs.

As a result, it is important to know that this is a performance piece and not a straight-ahead music album.

Herzog has been performing the work as a one-man show, but he wrote the material with the idea that it could be performed by a number of people.

Jazz-driven motifs with an old fashioned blues persuasion trickle all over The Steve Hall Quintet's latest release Cruisin' On Burnside. The band's platters of cruising jazz and nocturnal modern bop arm the album with attractive melodies and a striking rapport amongst the band members making it conceivable that no one individual leads the outfit, but rather, the tunes are a collaborative effort allowing each musician to take the spotlight as the others support him. The undulating motions of Hall's organ are trellised in the frilly horns of trumpet/flugelhorn player John Dover and tenor/alto saxophonist Bill Harris as guitarist Peter Schwimmer supplies the kindling sparks and drummer Kenny Morse provides the grooves.

Every track is embalmed in mirthful movements even to the extent of ferrying a dance groove like in the funk-induced bop traction of "Footprints." A Latin-flavored shimmers coasting in the undertow of "Island Dance" evolves in "Float Like A Bee" to carousing a balmy shudder. Hall's quintet takes a contemporary approach to bop reflective of guitarist Richard Hart's vision with fluid riffs and a bluesy continuity most noticeable in Hall's organ ruminations embedded in the lulling movements of "I Remember Clifford" accentuated by the gentle wails of the horns. The spirited thrusts and jiggles of the horns in "Cheesecake" hark of the days of Charlie Parker and John Coltrane, bolting into a soul/funk-enriched basting in "Sunday Morning Funk." The casual stroll of the instruments in "Dat Dere" has an infectious swagger, which switches into bubbly strides along "Mr. Kenyetta." The quintet's cover of Thelonious Monk's "'Round Midnight" resonates with dulcet lines, and their take on Dexter Gordon's "Soy Califa" is draped in Latin fringes and catchy dance grooves.

A native of America's west coast, Steve Hall honed his chops at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. He formed his quintet in 2001, and in 2005, they released their self-titled debut album followed by their 2007 recording Better Late. Cruisin' On Burnside is the quintet's third endeavor showing the band's sense of pure blues and modern bop with a hardcore edge.

On That's What We Were Born For, veteran British singer Paul Cox teams with young French guitarist Charlie Fabert.

On That's What We Were Born For, veteran British singer Paul Cox teams with young French guitarist Charlie Fabert. After meeting at a Christmas event a few years back, they decided to align their talents for this 10-track album that succeeds with Cox delivering his trademark bluesy vocals and Fabert providing just the right understated guitar solos.

That's What We Were Born For is an easy album to like. Even as they recount lost love and missed chances, Cox and Fabert prove to be good company, delivering a modern blues collection well seasoned with soul and rock. The pair share writing credits on four songs, including the rocker "Mean Disposition," which is followed by the gospel-influenced groove of their "Burning Flame." They also penned the title track, a rousing number that is sure to get audiences out of their seats.

Cox and Fabert also deliver a warm rendition of the ballad "You Were Never Mine" written by Delbert McClinton, Gary Nicholson, and Benmont Tench of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers fame. Cox is excellent on this number as he uses the more gentler, more soothing side of his vocals to convey sad resolve. "I never lost you," he sings. "You were never mine." It's the saddest and prettiest song on the album.

There are also two numbers, the catchy opening "Big Change is Gonna Come" and the reflective "I Can't Change," by Roger Cotton, who produced the album and plays keyboards. Throughout the effort, the young gun Fabert is never far from Cox's side, but he never tries to steal the show, preferring to keep his solos short and sweet.

Strong support from background vocalists and horns add to the rich, soul sound that weaves throughout the album. Judging by the results, it wouldn't be surprising if the two men collaborate again.

]]>morrice.blackwell@gmail.com (Tuscia In Jazz Festival)Press ReleasesSun, 09 Oct 2011 04:08:01 -0500Alex Coke at BrokkenFabriek: Wake Up Dead Man Workshop/Concert in November http://jazzreview.com/jazz-news/news-story/alex-coke-leads-a-workshop-based-on-his-composition-wake-up-dead-man.html
http://jazzreview.com/jazz-news/news-story/alex-coke-leads-a-workshop-based-on-his-composition-wake-up-dead-man.html Jazz musician Alex Coke has announced a workshop of his composition Wake Up Dead Man as part of the Brokkenfabriek series in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Jazz musician Alex Coke has announced a workshop of his composition Wake Up Dead Man as part of the Brokkenfabriek series in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Wake Up Dead Man is a piece in six movements composed by Coke for the Texas Sesquicentennial.

Originally commissioned by Tina Marsh for The Creative Opportunity Orchestra, the music was inspired by prison work songs and a book of the same title by Bruce Jackson.

Plans include arranging sections of the piece for the group, discussion of prison and work songs, and creating new material as the month unfolds. Rehearsals begin Tuesday evening November 1, 2011 and continue through November 22 from 8pm-10:30pm at Zaal 100.

The cost for the workshop is € 40 per month, € 20 for students.

The month ends with a performance as part of the monthly Brokkenmiddag, the last Sunday of the month at Zaal 100 located at De Wittenstraat 100, Amsterdam, Netherlands. To sign up for the workshop please email:

"What are they building in there? " The Brokkenfabriek was founded by Corrie van Binsbergen in January 2008. Motivated, talented musicians with an interest in the combination of composition/improvisation receive masterclasses for a month, from different musical leaders. Every leader has, of course, a completely different approach and the material that is offered is therefore very varied. The BrokkenFabriek consists of a pool of musicians and changes every month, depending on the workshopleader and his plans. Workshop leaders past were: Corrie van Binsbergen, Joost Buis, Hans Hasebos, Albert van Veenendaal, Arend Niks, Ernst Reijseger, Anton Goudsmit, Guus Janssen, Oene van Geel, Felicity Provan, David Kweksilber, Michael Moore, Michael Burr, Alan Purves, Raphael Vanoli, Wilbert de Joode and Sean Bergin.

]]>morrice.blackwell@gmail.com (Bb)News StorySun, 25 Sep 2011 13:53:56 -0500Steve Trovatohttp://jazzreview.com/artist-biographies/steve-trovato.html
http://jazzreview.com/artist-biographies/steve-trovato.htmlSteve Trovato is a guitarist known worldwide as both a performer and educator.

Steve Trovato is a guitarist known worldwide as both a performer and educator. Steve currently resides in Los Angeles and in 2001 released his much anticipated debut CD, entitled About Time…and his second release, Country Jazzmaster in 2007. Steve is a professor in The Studio Jazz Guitar Department at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. In addition, he has long been established in the print and DVD world authoring over 20 guitar instructional publications and over 50 instructional DVD’s for companies such as Warner Bros., Alfred Publishing, Lick Library, Mel Bay, Hal Leonard and more. He is also a regular contributor for magazines such as Guitar Player, Just Jazz Guitar, and more. To learn more about Steve, please visit his website at www.stevetrovato.com

]]>morrice.blackwell@gmail.com (VittekPR)Artist BiographiesSat, 10 Sep 2011 06:30:18 -0500The Line Up by Jeff Richman and Chatterboxhttp://jazzreview.com/new-jazz-releases/the-line-up-by-jeff-richman-and-chatterbox.html
http://jazzreview.com/new-jazz-releases/the-line-up-by-jeff-richman-and-chatterbox.htmlContemporary jazz guitarist Jeff Richman announces the release date of his upcoming CD, Jeff Richman and Chatterbox: The Line Up for October 18. The Nefer Records release is Richman's 16th solo project and features Mitchel Forman on keyboards, Joel Taylor on drums and Dean Taba on bass guitar. The new CD is distributed by City Hall Records and songs will be available online at iTunes, Amazon and other music websites.

Contemporary jazz guitarist Jeff Richman announces the release date of his upcoming CD, Jeff Richman and Chatterbox: The Line Up for October 18. The Nefer Records release is Richman's 16th solo project and features Mitchel Forman on keyboards, Joel Taylor on drums and Dean Taba on bass guitar. The new CD is distributed by City Hall Records and songs will be available online at iTunes, Amazon and other music websites.

The Line Up consists of 12 new tracks exploring and expanding the boundaries of contemporary jazz. Together, the odd metered time signatures, key changes, rhythm variations, polyphony, improvisation and tempos are overcome by the band as they weave in and out of these original compositions by Richman. On three of the tracks Richman, Forman, Taylor and Taba take artistic liberties into their own hands with their shared composition of jam tracks "It's All One", "Square Root" and "Right Here, Right Now". While recording, Richman imposes challenges on himself and the band to grow and capture a bigger audience; to include them in on the musical journey. There is an inherent sense throughout the CD that gives the listener the impression that Richman and the band want the listener to experience the same fun, challenges, joy, conflict and sorrow as they do when performing. It's not forced and it happens organically, as if each song is a conversation. The melody masquerades as the topic, ideas get passed around between the artists and the audience is allowed to eavesdrop; the invisible barrier between talent and audience being removed.

Guitarist Jeff Richman has enjoyed success on the jazz scene for nearly 35 years. His guitar playing is cited as tasteful and articulate, with room to breathe. He is recognized by and associated with the other luminaries of the fusion and contemporary jazz. His guitar is heard the world over. On this new release, his tone rises above with something unique that can't quite be described. It is the impression of a barebones approach that has simplified his tone but made it gigantic. He uses his go to Fender Strats and Teles, a Jim Hall Sadowsky, a silver faced Marshall Jubilee but this time there is something else in the water.

Throughout his career, Richman has recorded and performed with the crème de la crème of talent. He has discovered and forged a solid rapport with each member of the band. Now he successfully brings them together to form one cohesive unit that seems untouchable on this recording. As Richman sums it up, "This is the band. This is what I've wanted to achieve. I know I can go anywhere in the world with these guys and it will be an amazing time for us and the fans. It feels good, it sounds good, and I can't wait to take this show out on the road."

]]>morrice.blackwell@gmail.com (josh@jpvmedia.com)New Jazz ReleasesMon, 22 Aug 2011 12:07:30 -0500Press Release: 2011 Tanglewood Labor Day Weekend Jazz Festival, September 2-4http://jazzreview.com/jazz-news/press-releases/tanglewood-jazz-festival-2011.html
http://jazzreview.com/jazz-news/press-releases/tanglewood-jazz-festival-2011.html2011 Tanglewood Labor Day Weekend Jazz Festival, September 2-4 Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired with actress Blythe Danner and special guests from the worlds of Jazz, Broadway, and Hollywood to take place September 3 at 2pm Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves, and Lizz Wright Featured in Sing the Truth with all-star band Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, James Genus, Munyungo Jackson, and Romero Lubambo on September 4 at 8pm A Latin Jazz Tribute to Cachao with Federico Britos Sextet and John Santos Sextet to take place September 3 at 8pm Coast to Coast Septet featuring NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb with vocalist…

2011 Tanglewood Labor Day Weekend Jazz Festival, September 2-4

Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired with actress Blythe Danner and special guests from the worlds of Jazz, Broadway, and Hollywood to take place September 3 at 2pm

Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves, and Lizz Wright Featured in Sing the Truth with all-star band Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, James Genus, Munyungo Jackson, and Romero Lubambo on September 4 at 8pm

A Latin Jazz Tribute to Cachao with Federico Britos Sextet and John Santos Sextet to take place September 3 at 8pm

Taking place in conjunction with the annual Labor Day Weekend Jazz Festival, the Wine and Food Classic returns to Tanglewood September 1-4

The 24th annual Tanglewood Jazz Festival runs from Friday, September 2 to Sunday, September 4 at Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Held for the first time in conjunction with the Tanglewood Food and Wine Festival, the Labor Day weekend event will feature some of some of the greatest living artists of Jazz in the intimate Ozawa Hall, and introduce the rising stars of the musical genre in a Jazz Café on the 500-acre Tanglewood grounds in Lenox, Massachusetts.

The festival will also feature many up-and-coming jazz artists including drummer and producer Ulysses Owens Jr., returning to Tanglewood after a 2010 premiere with Kurt Elling, French pianist Cedric Hanriot, returning after a 2009 Tanglewood performance, New York recording artist Sarah Manning in her Tanglewood debut, as well as cutting edge vocalist Rebecca Martin also performing for the first time at Tanglewood in the Jazz Café.

The Tanglewood Wine and Food Classic will take place September 1-4, in various locations around the Tanglewood grounds. The culinary event will feature wine and food seminars from local and national experts, a wine auction dinner, two grand tastings, and a Sunday brunch. Guests are invited to pair these world-class wine and food happenings with performances of the 2011 Tanglewood Jazz Festival. Ticket purchases to either Grand Tasting event come with a complimentary lawn ticket to the associated Jazz Festival concert. For more information please visit www.tanglewoodwineandfoodclassic.com.

2011 TANGLEWOOD JAZZ FESTIVAL WILL KICK IT OFF WITH A KICK DRUM—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 AT 6:30 PM

On Friday, September 4, at 6:30 pm, the 2011 Tanglewood Jazz Festival will open with the percussive Ulysses Owens Quintet in the Jazz Café. Owens is a Julliard-trained drums and percussion master whose classical background weds his comprehension of melody and harmony to his Jazz sensitivity. Currently touring with Grammy Award-winning vocalist Kurt Elling and bassist Christian McBride, Ulysses's latest CD, "It's Time For U," was released in 2009 by BSOBold Media.

After nearly a quarter century presenting the best of the genre, the Tanglewood Jazz Festival was honored to be selected as a participant in NEA Jazz Masters Live for the first time in 2011. The National Endowment for the Arts program has drawn NEA Jazz Masters Jimmy Cobb and Gunther Schuller to the Tanglewood grounds for a program of performances and residencies. These programs will include a master class for young drummers on Sunday, September 4 at 12:30 pm led by Jimmy Cobb and the rhythm section of the Coast to Coast Septet. At the same time across campus, NEA Jazz Masters Live will present a screening of the famed Charles Mingus concert "Epitaph," conducted by NEA Jazz Master Gunther Schuller. The monumental Mingus movie, never presented in full during Mingus' lifetime, lasts two and one-half hours and was performed at Tanglewood in 1990.

Also part of the Jazz Masters program, Jazz journalist Bob Blumenthal will conduct an intimate and rare interview with Jimmy Cobb and Gunther Schuller at 4:15 pm on Saturday in the Jazz Café. Schuller, who has been a presence at Tanglewood for decades, will discuss his work and relationship with legendary bassist Charles Mingus. Jimmy Cobb, the last surviving member of the Miles Davis masterpiece, "Kind of Blue," the most popular jazz recording in history, will discuss his prolific jazz career.

NEA Jazz Masters Live is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

JIMMY COBB JAMS WITH MARY STALLINGS AND THE COAST TO COAST SEPTET—SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 AT 2 PM

NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb will also headline Ozawa Hall at the 2 pm Sunday-afternoon concert, with his Coast to Coast Septet and special guest vocalist Mary Stallings. Cobb, an elder statesman of the art, will perform with an all-star band including guitarist Peter Bernstein; trumpeter Sean Jones; trumpeter and flugelhornist Freddie Hendrix; tenor saxophonist Doug Lawrence; pianist Llew Matthews; and bassist John Weber.

Bay Area musician Mary Stallings has been entertaining audiences since the 1960's when Dizzy Gillespie once plucked her out of an audience to sing with his band. Stallings latest recording, "Dream," was released on High Note last year. Named "The Best Kept Secret in Vocal Jazz" by Jazz Times in December 2010, Stallings will perform music from the legendary career of Jimmy Cobb and his musical association with Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan.

Following the Coast to Coast Septet on Sunday afternoon will be the Mingus Orchestra conducted by NEA Jazz Master and all-around music guru Gunther Schuller. The Mingus Orchestra was formed in 1999 to carry on the legacy of jazz great Charles Mingus. Its distinctive sound emerges from an expanded repertory and exotic instrumentation, including bassoon, bass clarinet, French horn, and guitar. Columbian harpist Edmar Castaneda will be among the personnel and the performance will include Taurus in the Arena of Life; Half Mast Inhibition; Noon Night; all arranged by Schuller for the event. Mr. Schuller will also present a world premiere of his arrangement of Chill of Death.

JAZZ INSPIRED WITH SPECIAL GUEST BLYTHE DANNER TO BE BROADCAST TO NATIONAL AUDIENCE—SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 AT 8 PM

Judy Carmichael and her radio program "Jazz Inspired" will debut at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival at 2 pm on Saturday, September 3. Carmichael's popular weekly radio program is broadcast on 170 stations throughout North America and abroad as well as on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio. Now in its 15th year, "Jazz Inspired" features Carmichael at the piano with a special guest from Hollywood, Broadway, or jazz. Her guest at this year's Tanglewood Jazz Festival is stage and screen actor Blythe Danner.

Known for her delightful sense of humor and exuberant personality, Carmichael earned a Grammy nomination for her recording "Two Handed Stride," has served on music panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, and is one of the few jazz pianists honored as a Steinway Artist. Ms. Danner earned a Tony Award for her Broadway debut in Butterflies Are Free and has received nominations for her roles in Harold Pinter's Betrayal, A Streetcar Named Desire,and Stephen Sondheim's Follies. Her film credits include Woody Allen's Alice, The Great Santini, Meet The Parents,and Sylvia with her daughter Gwyneth Paltrow. Ms. Danner will speak with Judy Carmichael about her life-long relationship with jazz, singing jazz in college with band mate Chevy Chase, and her friendship with the influential jazz pianist Bill Evans.

JOHN SANTOS AND FEDERICO BRITOS CELEBRATE ISRAEL LOPEZ CACHAO, "THE FATHER OF THE MAMBO"—SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 AT 8 PM

The John Santos Sextet—in a rare east coast performance—and the Federico Britos Sextet will perform "A Latin Jazz Tribute to Cachao" on Saturday at 8 pm in Ozawa Hall. Known as the "father of the mambo," the Cuban bassist Israel Lopez Cachao is revered by Latin music historians, musicians, and fans for revolutionizing Cuban music—first in the 1930s by creating and inventing the mambo from the Cuban musical form danzon—and later in the 1950s,during Cuban jam sessions. Cachao was the composer of "Chanchullo," on which Tito Puente based his classic hit "Oye Como Va," later made even more famous by Carlos Santana. John Santos and and Federico Britos were featured last September in the PBS/American Masters documentary "Cachao: Uno Mas."

Five-time Grammy nominee John Santos and his Sextet unite the contemporary, historical, and cultural significance of Latin jazz. A multi-percussionist, composer, historian, producer, and educator, Santos is a prolific exponent of Afro-Latin music through the innovative use of traditional forms and the instruments of contemporary music. In a career spanning four decades, he has worked with Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Max Roach, McCoy Tyner, Carlos Santana and dozens of other acknowledged masters. Santos toured with Maestro Cachao in the 1990s performing on bongos. Santos' band members include Saul Sierra, bassist; Marco Diaz, pianist; John Calloway, flautist; Melecio Magdaluyo, saxophonist/flautist; and David Flores, drummer/percussionist.

Violinist Federico Britos is a jazz/classical crossover artist of the highest order. Born in Uruguay, Britos served as principal chair, soloist, and concertmaster with some of the great symphony orchestras of Uruguay, Venezuela, Peru, Cuba, and the United States. He has performed with Astor Piazzolla, Cachao, and Joao Gilberto as well as with jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Benny Goodman, Bucky Pizzarelli, and Charlie Byrd. In 1999 Britos performed at the Kennedy Center in a program called "Americanos" with Cachao himself.

"SING THE TRUTH" CELEBRATION OF FEMALE VOCALISTS FEATURING DIANNE REEVES DRAWS FESTIVAL TO A CLOSE—SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 AT 8 PM

The closing concert of the 2011 Tanglewood Jazz Festival on Sunday, September 4, at 8:00 pm is titled "Sing the Truth: Angélique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves, and Lizz Wright Continue the Legacy of Great Women Vocalists at Tanglewood." This dynamic trio of today's leading jazz/world vocalists will feature the songs and music from past Tanglewood women artists including India Arie, Betty Carter, Tracy Chapman, Aretha Franklin, Shirley Horne, Mahalia Jackson, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Odetta.

To shine further light on this performance, increase general knowledge of jazz, and demystify the music for listeners new to the form, journalist Bob Blumenthal will also lead "Listen Here," a session on vocalists at 4:00 pm on Sunday, in the Jazz Café. "Listen Here" will focus on one album and the audience will be encouraged to discuss specific tracks, solos, instrumentation, personnel, etc. This session will concentrate on a recording by a female vocalist who represents the musical stylings of those featured in the Sunday-night "Sing the Truth" performance.

Born in Benin, West Africa, Angélique Kidjo is a Grammy-winning artist referred to as "Africa's premier diva" by Time Magazine. Her internationally acclaimed repertoire includes collaborations with such artists as Carlos Santana, Peter Gabriel, Alicia Keys, Josh Groban, Branford Marsalis, Joss Stone, and more. Known for her dynamic and uplifting music, she has translated her distinctive work in the arts to that of philanthropy by promoting education for girls in Africa through her foundation, Batonga, and as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

Blue Note recording artist Dianne Reeves is one of the leading jazz vocalists in the world today, receiving the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for three consecutive recordings—a Grammy first in any category. She has recorded and performed extensively with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim, and with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic. Reeves was the first Creative Chair for Jazz for the LA Philharmonic and the first singer to perform at the famed Walt Disney Concert Hall. Her latest CD, "When You Know," was released in 2008.

Lizz Wright has been the recipient of much critical acclaim and ever increasing audiences since her 2003 Verve debut recording, "Salt." The daughter of a Georgia pastor, Wright grew up singing in the church and her repertoire has included gospel, jazz, and blues as well as an eclectic mix of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Gladys Knight material.

CAFÉ ON MAIN – DEBUT CONCERT BRINGS JAZZ CAFÉ PERFORMERS TO THE OZAWA HALL STAGE—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 AT 8 PM

This year a debut concert dubbed "Café on Main" invites Jazz Café performers of previous years, to the much larger Ozawa Hall venue. On Friday, September 2 at 8 pm, Café on Main will feature a double bill with vocalist Robin McKelle and pianist/vocalist Michael Kaeshammer. Vocalist Robin McKelle is comfortable singing not only jazz tunes, but also soul, blues, pop, and rock. She earned her chops singing in R&B groups and touring with pop icons Michael McDonald and Bebe Winans. Her second CD, "Modern Antique" was ranked among the top jazz albums of 2008 and her latest CD, "Mess Around," features McKelle in a soul/blues setting. Michael Kaeshammer's boogie-woogie piano and lush vocals were first featured in the Jazz Café in 2009 and his acclaimed reception earned him a slot in this year's Café on Main. Since Kaeshammer's 2009 appearance, he has been touring extensively and just recorded his new CD, "Kaeshammer," which will be released in Canada in April. Kaeshammer's energy and enthusiasm are infectious, and his performances memorable.

JAZZ CAFÉ SHOWCASES THE RISING STARS OF THE JAZZ WORLD

As a distinctly American form that can't help but reinvent itself, Jazz has historically embraced the freshman of its form. Held in a tent next to the Highwood Manor House, the Jazz Café showcases some of the inspiring new talents of the Jazz world, in an improv-friendly setting.

The Jazz Café will open Saturday, September 3 at 12:30 pm with alto saxophonist Sarah Manning and her quartet. Manning has established herself as a unique voice among the young generation of jazz saxophonists. Originally from New England, she studied with Dr. Yusef Lateef, whose emphasis on searching for one's own voice in music gave her the courage to pursue her own path. Her latest CD, "Dandelion Clock," was released in 2010 on Posi-Tone Records.

At 6:30 pm on Saturday evening, the Cedric Hanriot Trio will take the stage in the Jazz Café. Hanriot is making an encore performance since appearing in the Jazz Café in 2009 with the Ben Powell Quartet. A Fulbright recipient, French pianist/composer Hanriot has appeared at the Iridium in New York, the Shanghai Jazz Festival, and the Jazz a Vienne Festival in France. He has worked with Grammy winner Siedah Garrett, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, and bassist Me'shell NDegeocello among many others. Hanriot holds a master's degree in electronic engineering from the University of Nancy, France.

The final Jazz Café performance on Sunday at 6:30 pm will feature vocalist Rebecca Martin, whose spare, straightforward vocals have been heralded by the New York Times' as exuding, "the plainest sort of poise, almost radical in its utter lack of flash." Her latest CD on Sunnyside Records, "When I Was Long Ago," has earned high praise from critics. Martin will be joined by her husband, bassist Larry Grenadier, and saxophonist Bill McHenry.

TICKET INFORMATION

Tanglewood Jazz Festival tickets range from $18-77 and all-day jazz lawn passes for Saturday or Sunday are $34. Tickets are available through Tanglewood's website, www.tanglewood.org, by calling SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200, or by visiting the Tanglewood Box Office at 297 West Street in Lenox, MA. Tickets are also available on the day of the concert at the Ozawa Hall Box Office on the Tanglewood Grounds. For further information and box office hours, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492 or visit www.bso.org.

The online media partner for the Tanglewood Jazz Festival is Jazzcorner.com.

LABOR DAY WEEKEND JAZZ FESTIVAL, SEPTEMBER 2-4

Ozawa Hall Events

Friday, September 2, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall

Robin McKelle Quartet

Michael Kaeshammer Quintet

Saturday, September 3, 2 p.m. Ozawa Hall

Live taping of the "Jazz Inspired" with host Judy Carmichael with special guest Blythe Danner

Saturday, September 3, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall

A Latin Jazz Tribute to Cachao with Federico Britos Sextet and John Santos Sextet as featured in the "American Masters"/PBS documentary "Cachao: Uno Mas"

Sunday, September 4, 2 p.m. Ozawa Hall

Coast to Coast Sextet featuring NEA Jazz Master

Jimmy Cobb

Mingus Orchestra conducted by NEA Jazz Master

Gunther Schuller

Sunday, September 4, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall

Sing the Truth: Celebrating the History of Women Vocalists at Tanglewood with Angélique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright and more